A Shop Assistant in Wartime - 9780993238383

Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society

A Shop Assistant in WartimeThe Dewsbury Diary of Kathleen Hey, 1941-1945\nAuthor(s): Patricia Malcolmson, Robert Malcolmson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Yorkshire Archaeological Society, United Kingdom\nImprint: Yorkshire Archaeological Society\nISBN-13: 9780993238383, 978-0993238383\nSynopsis\nInsights into life in England during the second world war.\n\nKathleen Hey's diary provides an insider's view of an industrial city in wartime Yorkshire. As a shop assistant in a working class district of Dewsbury, she documented the stresses and complex exchanges in a grocery - from both sides of the counter. Regular customers, usually close neighbours, were eager to learn what scarce and coveted items might be in stock, and sometimes went in several times a day to discover what was available, as well as to chat about the war, complain about the provisions they were getting, or seek assistance with their ration books.\n While the frustrations and satisfactions of shop-work are at the heart o.